Improvement in cream-pumps



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Cream-Pump No. 202,778. Patented April 23,1878.

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GUSTAVUS A. BARON, OF GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CREAM-PUMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 202,778, dated April23, 1878 application filed February 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsrAvUs A. BARON, of Gouverncur, in the county ofSt. Lawrence, and in the State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cream- Pumps; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a creampump for breaking up the hard lumps and white caps in creambefore churning, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a longitudinal vertical section of my cream-pump.

A represents the can or vessel, of any suitable dimensions, providedwith a fu nnel shaped bottom, B, from the center of which projectsdownward a cylinder, 0, as shown. The vessel A is provided with legs E,for supporting the same in a sufficiently elevated position to allow apan or other vessel to be placed under the cylinder for catching thecream.

In the lower end of the cylinder G is an inwardly projectingcircumferential flange, a, upon which rests a strainer, 11, ofwire-cloth. On the bottom B are fastened upwardly-extending guides D D,the upper ends of which support a ring or band, F. These parts form aguide for the plunger G, to cause the same at all times during operationto enter the cylinder.

The plunger G is made solid, and its upper end is, by means of a hinge,d, connected to the operating-lever H.

I is an iron rod to form the connection of the lever H with the vesselA. On the outside of said vessel, near the bottom, or at any othersuitable point, is a horizontal tube or eye, 0, rigidly fastenedthereto. The lower end of the'rod I is bent at right angles and passedthrough the eye 0, after which a pin, i, is passed through a hole in theend of the rod, to prevent the same from coming out. This pin 2' isconnected to the vessel or the rod by a cord or chain, f, so that itcannot be lost.

The upper end of the rod I is flattened and pivoted in a slot or mortisein the end of the lever H, as shown at h.

By the joints at e, h, and d the movement of the plunger G, by theworking of the lever H, is always vertically up and down.

The entire machine is durable, simple in construction, and efficient inoperation.

I do not broadly claim a plunger connected to a shaft, and operated by alever connected to a vessel having a conical bottom with strainerattached, as I am aware that such is not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cream-pump, the vessel A, with conical bottom B, from which dependsa cylinder, 0, with an interior flange, a, and the removable wire-clothstrainer b loosely resting on the flange a, in combination with theplunger G, the operating lever H, having the plunger hinged to it, andthe removable rod 1, pivoted at its lower end to an eye, 0, on theoutside of the vessel A, and its upper end pivoted in a slot in the endof the operating-lever, all constructed as and for the purposes hereinset fOI'tll;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 23d day of January, 1878.

GUSTAVUS A. BARON. n s. j

Witnesses:

GEORGE M. GLEASON, J. M. REYNOLDS, Jr.

